Attraction
Drumbo Round Tower
Drumbo Round Tower is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Prehistoric stones, a attraction 1.7 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 10 miles off.
The story
round tower in County Down, Northern Ireland
Wikidata Q15110727, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates54.51665, -5.96014
- 10.4 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Prehistoric stones: 1.7 mi
- Giants Ring: 1.7 mi
- The Industry Barge: 2.6 mi
- Hilden Brewing Company: 2.6 mi
- Palm House: 4.7 mi
Gardens
- Walled Garden: 1.8 mi
- Shrub Rose Trials: 1.9 mi
- Historic Rose Garden: 1.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.9 mi
- Irish Heritage Garden: 2.0 mi
Parks
- Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park: 2.0 mi
- McIlroy Park: 2.3 mi
- Barnett Demesne: 2.4 mi
- Lough Brin Park: 2.6 mi
- Clement Wilson Park: 2.7 mi
Artworks
- Female Figure: 2.1 mi
- Cake and Eat it: 2.1 mi
- King: 2.1 mi
- Composite Beast: 2.2 mi
- Mole: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
- Queens Fort Rath: 2.8 mi
- The Wallace Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Lisburn War Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Keiran Doherty TD Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Lisnabreeny Memorial: 4.4 mi
Peaks
- Collin: 5.1 mi
- Black Hill: 5.5 mi
- Galloway Hill: 5.7 mi
- Braniel Hill: 5.8 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.3 mi
Museums: 36
- Linen Centre and Museum: 3.3 mi
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 4.6 mi
- Ulster Museum: 4.6 mi
- George Best's Family Home: 4.9 mi
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 35
- Limestone Quarry: 8.6 mi
- Cave Hill: 9.2 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 9.9 mi
- Spinkanee: 15.7 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 21.8 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Lagan Meadows: 3.2 mi
- Bog Meadows: 4.8 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 5.9 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 5.9 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 16
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
- Cuan Beach: 15.2 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 16.5 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
Springs: 11
- Volunteers' Well: 9.1 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 11.8 mi
- Sunday Well: 12.7 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 14.5 mi
- Mearing Well: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 10
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 10.4 mi
- Seapark Beach: 10.7 mi
- Brompton Bay: 15.2 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 15.4 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 4.4 mi
- Stepping Stones: 10.3 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 20.2 mi
- Black Stairs: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Drumbo Round Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 183° | 534 m | 12.2 mi |
| Divis | NNW 340° | 478 m | 6.9 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 181° | 446 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cratlieve | S 189° | 429 m | 12.8 mi |
| Slievegarran | S 183° | 391 m | 14.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 346° | 389 m | 6.3 mi |
| Squires Hill | N 354° | 374 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cavehill | N 2° | 368 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:49 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:04 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:48 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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